Word: custom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...each other at any time merely by registering their mutual desire to do so with the civil authorities. Under this system divorces have decreased 50% in Japan during the past 30 years. Only 51,687 divorces were granted last year; 80%, at the instigation of the wife, who, by custom, returns to her family without claiming alimony...
...have no grievance against your custom of designating a man by his title when it refers to his trade or profession. Had you designated Mr. Smith as "Lawyer Smith" or "President Smith," I would have disregarded the whole matter. I am not so narrow-minded. But when it refers to a man's religious convictions, I think it is a gross insult and is deserving of an apology on the part of the offender. Had you referred to Cardinal Hayes or Rabbi Wise as "Catholic Hayes" or "Jew Wise," I dare say that you would have been subject...
...spoke like a true Daughter of the American Revolution and granddaughter of the Civil War. "The descendants of the men who drove the British from this country do not relish this lack of respect toward the dignity of the American Nation." Literary, she paraphrased Shakespeare: "Time cannot wither nor custom stale the ineptitude of many British Ambassadors to the United States...
...clock on the steps of Widener the annual Senior Class picture will be taken. This will be the last group picture of the entire class, and the one that will appear in the Senior Album. It will be taken in caps and gowns. However contrary to the previous custom, the members of the graduating class will not beg from the Freshmen after the picture, now will the picture of the first year men be taken...
...always think of this gruesome tale whenever I read the returns of a battle between Progress and Superstition, whether it be one of the old historic duels of Feudalism and Enlightened Democracy or one of the more recent tilts between Biology and Fundamentalism. What a tyrannical ruler is custom! When it comes to changing a folkway, Timbuktu, and New York react in exactly the same manner...